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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Richard Daley on the city payroll?
(a) 53 years.
(b) 23 years as mayor.
(c) Sporadically over five decades.
(d) At least the next 48 years.

2. What personal relationship was Richard Daley maintaining that gave him the incentive to do well when he was working for Joe McDonough in the Cook County Treasurer's Office?
(a) He began working with a young politician named Adalai Stevenson.
(b) He began dating his future wife, Eleanor.
(c) He started doing business with Joe Kennedy.
(d) He served as liaison between Al Capone and his syndicate while he was in prison.

3. When did Richard Daley prepare for speeches he gave to civic organizations?
(a) During free time he had over the week before he gave his speech.
(b) On his way to the speech.
(c) Over dinners with his wife.
(d) During weekends when he did not work.

4. In what year did Richard Daley die?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1866.

5. What was the profession of Mike Royko, author of "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago"?
(a) First baseman for the Chicago Cubs.
(b) Author and newspaper columnist with three Chicago newspapers.
(c) Author and city official in Chicago.
(d) Author and television commentator with several Chicago television stations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what has Richard Daley's quick rise in political influence been credited?

2. How were the various Chicago neighborhoods sustained economically?

3. Who was the president that Richard Daley supposedly helped to elect?

4. Into what type of neighborhood was Richard Daley born?

5. What skills did Richard Daley learn in the Christian Brothers technical school?

(see the answer key)

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